Frontier Lord Starts Out With a Population of 0

----- Head of Settlement

It was a decision that was abandoned in the middle of the day.

The treatment from the Empire got worse year after year, and finally they told me to give up everything I had harvested... and if that's the case, I'd better be killed already...

Starve to death, run away and die, or slit your own throat and die...

Or... invite enemy soldiers to fight and die...

Of those choices, the Empire probably hated the last, so the captain invited enemy soldiers... to Diaz and the others.

If you do that, the soldiers may plunder you, and you may be ruthless... But the captain who decided it would be better than not to do anything like this, tried to give Diaz the whole body a shudder, incite you, and get the protection of Mei Biruko somehow... but that sad determination will end in total emptiness.

Diaz and the others came to the settlement today for three days.

In the meantime, they did not commit any looting, they did not work indecency... because they gave me a good feeling at the banquet, and they seemed to help me with field work and hard work... they were disciplined, folded correctly, and sheltered the settlers without asking for any price.

From their point of view, welcoming me at a banquet would be the price of it... but a banquet in such a poor village shouldn't be worth that much for just one night, and the chief would be confused and greatly anxious about what the purpose was.

I visited the soldiers with so much anxiety... but the answers I came back with were more or less the same.

If I don't, Mr. Diaz will be mad at me.

He's scared when he gets angry, no, really.

"... I don't want to be crushed by strange things."

After saying such a thing, every soldier remembered Diaz's face when he was angry, made his face look pale and trembled... and then corrected his spine and said, "But I want to follow you because I am such a Diaz." Then he went back to the work assigned to each.

Having said that, the commander thought it would be necessary to take a little breath out of the 1200 people in the Great Belt... some of them would have to get food from the settlement, but still the soldiers would not do anything about the settlement... so after noon of the day, the answer to that question came from the other side of the west, as if they were chasing after Diaz.

It was a fairly large caravan of dozens of carriages.

It seems to be an amount based on the assumption that 1,200 guests will be there, loaded with mountains of food and clothing, daily necessities, etc.... as well as bands and dancers.

And when the soldiers see the caravan, they rush to you joyfully and bravely... they must have earned it in the battle so far, and start buying them in exchange for some coins and loot.

During the war, the captain heard that there was a caravan to do business with the soldier... but I didn't think it would have been this massive.

With such a surprise in mind, the captain looks at the sight... like the captain of a caravan, a fine beard and a fine angry merchant come to me.

"Hey, thank you, this settlement is headed by... you?

That's what the merchant said when he saw the long face... the long nodded with a daze.

"Oh, I see.

... suddenly, is there an empty house or an empty warehouse somewhere in the settlement?

If there is one, I would like to borrow it while Diaz stays here.... "

"Well, there's some on the outskirts of the settlement...

... but are you staying in this settlement, too?

When the mayor replies to the merchant's words, the merchant laughs with a shake of his face and returns a voice that plays whether he is in a good mood or not.

"No, we're a caravan as you can see, so as soon as we spit out the product... we'll be leaving tomorrow morning.

However, if Diaz and the others were to stay here, I would have brought the next product again soon... so I thought I'd rent an empty house or an empty warehouse and store the rest of the merchandise there, or use it as a rest area for the tired...

... oh, of course, the user fee will be paid well. "

That's why the merchant handed me a sack of some coins... and the length will receive it with his eyes round.

... I wonder how many decades have passed since I received coins from people outside.

That's a lot of weight to feel... I glanced at the contents of the sack and found that it contained not only bronze coins, but also some silver coins that I had only seen in my life before.

Until a few days ago, if all of this settlement had been taken away, I would have wondered how to prevent it… Why is that silver in my hand now?

I don't know why, I don't understand everything, I don't know how to explain it to everyone in the settlement.

Even though I was so confused, the long hand held the sack securely... and the long smiled bitterly and put the sack in his pocket.

... and then a young man comes running to us.

"Ah, were you here?

We will be holding an operational meeting related to the southern fortification strategy, so thank you for your participation. "

This was also something that the chief couldn't understand.

This young man... was his name Klaus? This is how he looks around the chief every day and asks them to join him whenever some discussion takes place.

Diaz said, I can't do anything without authorization to the captain of this land.

Klaus said, I want local land surveys and information.

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Why do you want the Captain to participate every time, and what do you intend to do if information leaks to the Empire for a long time...?

I don't seem to be keeping an eye on the trend of the length around looking for it as I do every day... and I don't really know what the purpose is...

Are you trying to make sure you're on your side, or are you just not thinking...?

... no, the head shake his head and sighed that the answer would not come even if he thought about it... after thanking the merchant, he said goodbye, nodded back to Klaus and then went after him.

Moving forward is the campsite that Diaz and the others started building on the side of the settlement.

They make a simple tabernacle, they make something like a simple cabin... and they line up carriages and put them to bed.

I didn't use the empty house in the settlement, and I didn't take the house from the settlement... which the chief didn't understand either.

The most splendid of the campsites... when I enter a building that is hardly a critical hut, there is Diaz, and there are some old soldiers... who interact with this in front of an incredibly cluttered, cluttered map.

"As a result of the reconnaissance, the two fortifications in the south… No, the positions appear to be wooden.

Standing side by side with piles made of large wood, reinforced by wooden boards, etc., the walls surround the entire position... the yagura could not get close enough to know the number of people inside.

It looks like there are fewer campfires and fewer guards at night.

The height of the wall... is about for two people, Mr. Diaz, there's no turning it back on the top of the wall, it's just sharpening and sharpening the tip of the pile. "

Oh, wooden.

Then it's one hand to stick it in the front and hit it with a battle axe and punch a hole... but when I did that before, Juuha got mad at me.

... the siege of all positions will only make you tired for nothing...

Well, how about I sneak up on you at night, climb the wall by myself, sneak into your position, and beat down all the enemy soldiers?

Return Diaz's ridiculous words to the old soldier who reported the scouting results.

Then another elderly soldier nodded "I see"... and wrote down what Diaz had spoken of on the parchment he was holding.

"There must be 50 people in there, right? Most of them would be asleep at night... and if we beat the guards and the people awake before they make a scene, the suppression would be over...

Juuha told me not to kill my enemies as much as possible... and I think this would be best, but what does Klaus think?

"I can't wear iron armor that makes a sound when the night breaks in, and I don't think I can take that battle axe when I climb the wall... are you okay?

Furthermore, Diaz said such a terrible thing, and Klaus did not look particularly surprised... after showing a little trouble, Diaz nodded and said, "Well, we'll manage," and started discussing what kind of hunting ground there is and how many people to send there.

The chief who decided to participate in the discussion as a local person, while actively providing information, was worried about the content of the meeting, which was like a joke... I couldn't help but concentrate.

That kind of state of mind will continue even at night, even when you enter the bed... and then the next morning when you are awake without sleep.

When the chief is dressed in the well in the morning, Klaus comes to the chief's house to report what happened last night.

"Last night, one of the southern positions fell thanks to Diaz's work on the operation we discussed yesterday!

All 32 hostiles were captured... less than I thought.

If they drop another fortress in the south, they'll be free near the eastern fortress... well, I think they'll be free by tomorrow.

We have a message from Diaz that food and weapons from his position will be brought to us and we will give you some if necessary!

After the words, the chief passes through the surprise and starts to wonder... and concludes that it is useless to think deeply and that it is useless to worry.

The length that became the true face of abandoning thought was a faint voice.

"Let me buy some food.

I made a little money yesterday, so I'll pay you there. "

And then he spits out that word.